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Authoritarian Regionalism and Sustainable Development: New Trends in Eurasia and the Arctic

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Course by Anastassia Obydenkova (IAE-CSIC and IBEI)

  • Schedule: 13 & 16 June (10-13:00h and 14-16:00h)

This course examines the role of autocracy-led regional organizations in shaping international relations, with a focus on Eurasia and the Arctic. While international organizations like the EU have historically promoted democracy and sustainable development, the 21st century has seen the rise of authoritarian regional organizations such as the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU). These organizations have expanded their influence both geographically and politically, challenging democratic norms and creating new dynamics in regionalism and sustainable development. The course explores: the strategies used by authoritarian regional organizations to engage with neighboring states; their impact on democracy, governance, and sustainability in Eurasia and beyond; the roles of major global players like Russia and China in these processes. By analyzing these trends, students will gain a deeper understanding of contemporary regionalism and its implications for international policy and sustainable development.

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Anastassia Obydenkova holds a PhD in Political and Social Science from the European University Institute (Florence) and MA in Political Science from the Central European University (Budapest-Vienna). She was awarded research fellowships at Yale, Princeton, and Harvard Universities. She held multiple teaching and research appointments around the world, at Gonzaga University in Florence, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Barcelona Institute for International Studies, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies, and Davis Center at Harvard University, Uppsala University (Sweden), among others. Currently, Dr. Obydenkova is a research scientist at the Institute for Economic Analysis of the Spanish Council for Scientific Research (Barcelona) and a senior research fellow at the IBEI (Barcelona). She studies comparative politics and international relations with special focus on international organizations, global environmental politics and sustainable development, regionalism, democratization, post-communism, with area-focus on Eurasia and China. Her work on these topics had been published in such journals as European Journal of Political Research, Publius: The Journal of Federalism, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Post-Soviet Affairs, Review of International Organizations, Intelligence, Environmental Research, Democratization, and Journal of Democracy, among others. She is also a (co-)author and editor of various books with the most recent ones published by Oxford University Press (2019) and Cambridge University Press (2021). She welcomes the supervision of theses of MA students (from IBEI); and PhD students (from all universities) working on the related research topics.